Thanks. I think it's just a "you work too much" virus. I am slightly concerned it could be malaria because I don't trust my CVS thermometer. But again I'm not fucking going to a hospital and telling them I was in West Africa until I know I seriously need medical attention
I hope you feel better. My dad is in Ghana for another month. I am a little worried, but he can be sickly.
Coworker just got back from Ghana. He said they have shutdown the borders.
and was symptomatic for 4 days before he went to the hospital. Apparently they are trying to track down everyone who came in contact with him to quarantine them.
and was symptomatic for 4 days before he went to the hospital. Apparently they are trying to track down everyone who came in contact with him to quarantine them.
Ok, OMG. I wasn't really freaked out until I read this. Four days!
and was symptomatic for 4 days before he went to the hospital. Apparently they are trying to track down everyone who came in contact with him to quarantine them.
Ok, OMG. I wasn't really freaked out until I read this. Four days!
According to Dr. Frieden this morning. Apparently they have a team of seven trying to track down every single person this guy may have come in contact with.
Post by ChillyMcFreeze on Oct 1, 2014 8:20:23 GMT -5
::starts listing people I come in contact with::
I mean, did he vomit, bleed, urinate, or sweat on those people? Maybe I'm being too blase about this, but it just seems so remote that ebola could spread outside of family *here*.
I mean, did he vomit, bleed, urinate, or sweat on those people? Maybe I'm being too blase about this, but it just seems so remote that ebola could spread outside of family *here*.
Think about how fast stomach bugs spread, and we don't necessarily vomit right on people in order to spread it. That is what is making me so nervous about all this.
I mean, did he vomit, bleed, urinate, or sweat on those people? Maybe I'm being too blase about this, but it just seems so remote that ebola could spread outside of family *here*.
Think about how fast stomach bugs spread, and we don't necessarily vomit right on people in order to spread it. That is what is making me so nervous about all this.
Norovirus can be airborne, so if you're in a public restroom with an infected person, you could catch it. That's not my understanding of ebola. (But I could be wrong.)
I mean, did he vomit, bleed, urinate, or sweat on those people? Maybe I'm being too blase about this, but it just seems so remote that ebola could spread outside of family *here*.
Did he use any public restrooms? And maybe not wash his hands, or wash them well enough? Did he sneeze and/or wipe his nose and/or wipe the sweat from his forehead and then touch someone or something (an insurance card, an atm, a stairwell railing)?
In my understanding, norovirus is not airborne per se, but when flushing a toilet, etc, little particles can land on surfaces and the viral load necessary for transmission is really low, so only a few germ particles are needed for someone to get sick. I don't know the viral load necessary for transmission of Ebola but I would assume that yes, fecal particles spread through a flush could theoretically be transmitted to someone. Considering that US doctors were infected in Liberia (I know, I know, it's not the US but I'm sure those doctors were not making out with patients and were washing hands, etc) it's not crazy to be a little squirmy about Ebola.
People keep making comparisons to AIDS but that's not the same. AIDS is blood-borne. Ebola is easier to catch than AIDS, by far, although thankfully harder to catch than airborne illnesses.
One of the doctors infected was working in an ob-gyn capacity and delivered a baby from a woman who hadn't previously been identified as a case. He wasn't working in the Ebola treatment center and therefore wasn't wearing the appropriate protective gear.
The other cases of health worker infection are likely due to exhaustion and very minor mistakes in personal protective gear use and disposal. Due to understaffing these people are working long shifts in that gear in an unairconditioned environment. They are sleeping in tents and working 16 hours a day. That's why we need more people on the ground because these doctors are putting themselves at risk due to overwork.
So the patient he delivered hadn’t been identified as having Ebola and he was able to contract it from her, correct? I thought it wasn’t able to transmit unless the person was symptomatic?
One of the doctors infected was working in an ob-gyn capacity and delivered a baby from a woman who hadn't previously been identified as a case. He wasn't working in the Ebola treatment center and therefore wasn't wearing the appropriate protective gear.
The other cases of health worker infection are likely due to exhaustion and very minor mistakes in personal protective gear use and disposal. Due to understaffing these people are working long shifts in that gear in an unairconditioned environment. They are sleeping in tents and working 16 hours a day. That's why we need more people on the ground because these doctors are putting themselves at risk due to overwork.
So the patient he delivered hadn’t been identified as having Ebola and he was able to contract it from her, correct? I thought it wasn’t able to transmit unless the person was symptomatic?
I'm guessing the person probably had symptoms but it hadn't been identified as Ebola yet. Dr. Google tells me that the early symptoms of Ebola are fever, sore throat, muscle aches and headaches, which can be symptoms of any number of ailments.
So the patient he delivered hadn’t been identified as having Ebola and he was able to contract it from her, correct? I thought it wasn’t able to transmit unless the person was symptomatic?
I'm guessing the person probably had symptoms but it hadn't been identified as Ebola yet. Dr. Google tells me that the early symptoms of Ebola are fever, sore throat, muscle aches and headaches, which can be symptoms of any number of ailments.